Grave marker



Mar. 3 1925.

C. L. WILSON GRAVE MARKER Filed Feb. 1

3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Mar. 3. 1925.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFF CECIL I. WILSON, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

GRAVE MARKER.

Application filed February 1, 1924. Serial in. 690,058.

To aliwhom itmay concern: Be it known that I, CECIL L. WILSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah and Q State of Oregon, have invented new and useful Improvements in Grave Markers, of'

Another object of the invention is the [provision of a. grave marker adapted to I strongly and securely hold a flag.

, Other objects and practical advantages 20 of the invention will be fully understood from the following description and claims when the same are read in connection with the drawings, accompanying and forming part this specification, in wh1ch:- 8i Figure 1 isa front of the grave marker constituting the preferred embodiment of minvention v igure 2 is a vertical central section taken .in the plane indicated by the line 22 of 80 Fi rm 1, looking toward the right.

" Figure 3 is an elevation of the left hand ed e of the marker.

igure 4 is a rear elevation of the marker. Figure 5 is a fragmentary vertical section taken in the plane indicated by the line 5-5 of Figure 2, looking toward the left.

Figure .6 is a fragmentary vertical section on the line 6-6 of Fi ure 4. Fi ure 7 is a lan view of the blank from 49 which is formed the crown member of the marker. Figure 8 is a -0f the marker. Fi ure 9 is a horizontal section taken in of F igperspective of the top brace g the p ane indicated by the line 99 ure 4, looking downwardly.

Figure 10'is a viewof one of the blanks from which the upright side members of the marker are formed. In Figure 11 is a plan view of the blank mm which the front data carrying frame of the marker is formed.

Fi ure 12 is a front elevation of one of the etters used in conjunction "with the u crown member. I zl fr 13 is a detail section taken at right angles to Figure 12, and showing the letter portion of the crown n in association with a member. I

Figure 14 comprises tio'n member adapted to member. a

Figure 15 comprises disconnected views of spaclng members adapted to be needin the crown member.

hFigure-16 is an enlarged detail view of t e closure means employed in the crown member.

view of a punctua be used in the crown ICE. I

Figure .17 a vertical section taken in the" i I plane indicated by the line 17-17 of Figure 16,.looking. toward the right. 7

Figures 18 and 19 are views showing the closure means for use on the data ."c'arrying frame, Fi ure 19 1919 of igure 18.

Figure 20 is a front elevation of a plualityof letters for use in rame.

the data carrying being taken on the line Figure 21 is a front elevation showing the said letters in a single unit.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the views of] the drawings.

My novel grave marker is formed of al- '7 vanized metal or other metal calculate to withstand exposure to' the weather. a Among other elements the marker comprises upright side members 1 in parallelism.- Each of'the said members 1 is of angular form in cross-section, Figure 9, and is formed from a blank such as shown in Figure 10, and it will be noticed that each member 1 is provided with a projection 2, designed for use immediately under the angle bracehereinafter described. Each member 1 is sharpened as indicated by 3 to enable Y it to readily penetrate the ground. At 4 each of the members 1 apertures as illustrated.

In addition to the upright side members 1,

the marker comprises a face plate 5, riveted at 6 to the side members 1, a horizontal angle brace 7 interposed between portions of the side members 1 and riveted at 8 to the side members'l and the face plate5, a top brace 9 with an aperture 10, a crown member 11 with an aperture 12 in registration with the aperture 10, and a plate 13, arranged slight! above the angle brace 7 and provided wit an aperture 14, and riveted at 15to the is" provided with ,ac'e plate 5. The several apertures 1.0, 12

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1:1, alluded to are registered, and iron: Y i

this it followsithat the staff of a flag may be socketed in said apertures and rested in the horizontal portion of the cross brace 7. An apertured steel spring strip 15 is connected to and disposed below the plate 13 and is adapted to engage the staff of a flag so as to prevent casual displacement of the staif and flag when the bunting of the flag is subjected to the action of wind. In this way a flag is securely held in the marker without liability of displacement, and this without interfering with the convenient placing and removal of the flag when desired.

The top brace 9 is of angle form in crosssection and is riveted to the side members 1 and face plate 5, and is connected at 16 to the crown member 11.

The crown member 11 is formed of sheet metal from the blank shown in Figure 7 and is characterized by long reversely arranged slots 17 in its front and rear portions 1819, respectively, and is also characterized by comparatively small slots 18 arranged at opposite sides of the mouths of the slots 17.

At 19 are letters to form the name of the person buried, the said letters being carried y the portions 18 and 19 of the crown member 11 so that the name can be readily dicce-rned by a party in front of or in the back of the marker. Each of the said letters 19 is provided with an attaching portion 20 of T-form in cross-section, the said attaching portion being introduced slidably into one of the slots 17 so as to strongly hold the letters to the portions 18 and 19. When it is necessary to resort to punctuation a member 19 bearing a punctuation mark 19 and equipped with an attaching portion 20 is employed in either one of the slots 17. Spacing members 21, Figure 15, are also used in the slots 17, the said spacing members being of H-form in cross-section as appears at the right of Figure 15. For the closure of the slots 17 I employ closure plates 22, Figures 1, 16 and 17. each of the said closure plates being connected at 23 to the portion of the crown member 11 in which the slots 18 are formed, and each being provided with a protuberance 24, de signed to rest in the mouth of the slot. and the nuts on the connecting bolts being fixed in position by solder 25.

The data. carrying frame before described is numbered 30 and is formed of a blank such as shown in Figure 11. The said blank is shaped as illustrated, Figure 11, so as to form flanges 31 and 82, and the blank is provided with a plurality of horizontal slots 33 each of which terminates in one of the flanges 31 in an enlargement 34. The said enlargements 34 serve for the ready introduction of the attaching portions 35 of letters 36, the said attaching portions being of T-form in cross-section. In this connecas may also spacing members 21, Figure l5. Forthe'closure of the upper slot 83 in the frame 30, I provide the. means shown in Figures 1., 18 and 19, said means co1nprismg members 40 and 41. and a g connecting bolt, set by solder 13, Figure Manifestly when deemed expedient such words as Born, Died, and Age, may be each formed in a unit. This is clearly illustrated in Figure 21 in which the Word Born is shown as a single piece.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that my novel grave marker is inexpensive in construction, is adapted to be shipped and stored compactly, and is capable in use of withstanding the action of the weather. it will also be apparent that when a particular grave is to be marked by one of my novel markers, the marker may be provided with the name and other data pertaining to the party buried, and this without the employ ment of skilled labor.

One of the main features of my novel marker is its adaptability to replace old grave boards, the scheme of my invention contemplating the sale of the marker by mail or express;- it being simply necessary for the party ordering to forward the necessary data, and to place the marker when received on the particular grave to be marked no skilled labor being required for the latter operation.

in addition to the foregoing, it will. be noted that the marker is neat. in appearance, and that it is calculated to enable aparty searching to readily find any particular grate.

I have entered into a detailed description of the oconstruct-ion and relative arrange ment of the parts embraced in the pa and preferred embodiment of my invention in order to impart a full, clear and exact understanding of the said embodiment. I do not desire. however, to be understood as confining myself to the specific construction and relative arrangement of parts inasmuch as in the future practure of the. invention various changes and modificationsmay be made such as fall within the scope of my invention as defined in my appended claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure-by Letters-Pat ent, is

1. A grave marker formed of sheet metal and comprising upright spaced side members of angle form in crosseection, an angle brace interposed between the sicle members and connected thereto at an intermediate point-in the length thcreoifie mp brace also interposed between end connectecl to the side members, said top brace being provided with a staff-receivingaperture, a. face plate connected to the side members, a plate connected withthe face plate and spaced above the firstqiamed brace and having an aperture coincident with the aperture in the top brace, a crown member connected to the topbrace and having an aperture in coincidence: with the send apertures, and on eperturetl spring strip arranged under and. cennected to the eaicl plate the several apertures adapted to receive a flag steti' and the spri strip being adapted to engage said stat? and prevent casual removal thcreoi 2. A grave marker having an upper apertured portion, a lowerfapertured portion, a rest under the letter, and en aperturecl spring strip carried by and disp cal under said lower apertnred portion adapted to engage and prevent displacci out f :1 flag staff.

In testimony whereof I eiiiri: eignw tore. 

